The Effect Of The Civil War On Native Americans

One effect that the Civil War had on the Native Americans was the pay. The Civil War going on took up most of the government's resources and finances so they didn’t have anything to pay the Santee Sioux when the time came that they were supposed to pay their owed amount during the summer of 1862. And from that Long Trader Sibley took away the Sioux food supply until they paid off their debt so, the Sioux attacked the settlers but they lost the fight and went to trial, they did not have defense lawyers, were found guilty and 16 were given long prison sentences and 303 were sentenced to death. A specific Native American who had an effect during the civil war was Chief John Ross. He and most Native Americans were on the Confederate side but in